Rodney Alcala(1943-2021)

Born 1943 in San Antonio, Texas, he was a convicted Latin American sex offender and serial killer, who died while awaiting execution at San Quentin State Prison. He was convicted of five homicides, but is believed to have killed many more. He graduated from UCLA School of Fine Arts, and was charged with the rape and attempted murder of a 13 year old girl in 1968. He fled to New York and studied film at NYU under Roman Polanski.

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Known for

The Dating Game

5.8

TV Series

Self

Credits

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Self

The Dating Game
5.8
TV Series
- Self
- 1978

Archive Footage

Inside Edition
4.1
TV Series
- Self (archive footage)
- 2024
People Magazine Investigates: Surviving a Serial Killer
7.5
TV Series
- Self - Convicted Serial Killer (archive footage)
- 2024
The Game Show Show
6.6
TV Mini Series
- Self (archive footage)
- 2023
Dating Death
6.7
TV Mini Series
- Self - Serial Killer (archive footage)
- 2022
Surviving a Serial Killer
6.7
TV Series
- Self - Killer (archive footage)
- 2022
I Survived a Serial Killer
7.5
TV Series
- Self - Serial Killer (archive footage)
- 2022
City of Angels, City of Death
7.8
TV Series
- Self - Serial Killer (archive footage)
- 2021
Very Scary People
7.5
TV Series
- Self - Serial Killer Convicted of Multiple Murders (archive footage)
- 2021
20/20
6.8
TV Series
- Self - Convicted Serial Killer (archive footage)
- 2021
The Dating Game Killer
6.6
Podcast Series
- Self - Serial Killer (archive footage, voice)
- 2020
Rough Cut
Short
- Self (archive footage)
- 2019
Becoming Evil: Serial Killers
6.7
TV Series
- Self - Serial Killer (archive footage)
- 2019
The Mark of a Killer
7.4
TV Series
- Self - Serial Killer (archive footage)
- 2019
35 Serial Killers the World Wants to Forget
6.2
TV Series
- Self - Serial Killer (archive footage)
- 2018
World's Most Evil Killers
7.2
TV Series
- Self - Serial Killer (archive footage)
- 2018

Personal details

Height
- 6′ (1.83 m)
Born
- August 23, 1943
- San Antonio, Texas, USA
Died
- July 24, 2021
- Corcoran, California, USA(natural causes)
Publicity listings
- 1 Portrayal
- 1 Article

Did you know

Trivia
While he was on trial in 1980 for the murder of Robin Samsoe, her mother, Marianne Frazier, sneaked a pistol into the courtroom with the express intent of using it to kill him. She decided at the last minute not to do it.